Clamping device



CLAMPING DEVICE Filed Oct. 12. 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet l Feb. 4,' 1930.

H.- W. ORNDOFF CLAMPING DEVICE Filed Oct. 12. 1928 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 Rh 4, 1930. H. w. ORNDFF 1,745,444-

CLAMPVING DEVICE Filed Oct. 12. 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 I 3 which has already Patented Feb. 4, 1930 PATENT tome-E HERBERT w. F r imwi srmns J-LOIUISIANALASSIGNQB- T BEN- 51111 QFvN-EW RLEAN LOUISIAP A AYC B QRATI N O L UI ANA,

TRADING AS MAGINNIS corroitmrn s v "QLAMP'IN DEVICE Application filed-ioctober"12,r-1-928. QSeria-I Natl-2,169.

"This invention relates to a clampingdevice for employment a- Web cutting machine, and'is particularlyadapted tor employment in such machines asutilize acontinuous supi5 plry of web to-t-he cutting-mechanism; and

constitutes an addition and improvement to the clamping 'device'shown by any copending application-Serial No. 3015909 filed Aug. 24, i92 ,"to which referenoe is made for certain --details of construction-and operation.

7 a As set forth in thatapplication,itwhas been --':tound-that-i-n'praetice it is desirable thatthe cutting blades should operate progressively across'thewidthoftheiabric, in order to i "avoid the jerk in I the driving system which -might-occurjfthelknife were designed to operate instantaneously tor the desired vWidth,

and-also to gain the advantage of alprogres- V sive' or scissors like cut with a lesser v power idemand upon the-drivingsystem, When it isattemptedto accomplish this; howewer, with 'EtyGOIltlI-lUOlJS supply'of wrebmaterialiforthe vg cutting deyice,-the cuttingis aptiatoflbe dis- :torted aW-ay fromthetruerightangle across 'f'fi pl'e otemploymentiofthe invention shown :on the accompanying drawings in whi 'Figure 1. is an end VlBWyWlth :parts brok 1 away, of a 1I1&Cl11n65Sl'10Wl-Ilg:th6 arrangement .of the supplying cutting, idlampimginnd 431% r .14 {livery means. V v a a Y i 2 is a diagrammatic ,-(,se ctipna;1 view, z tak'en paralleltoFig. 1;,aII'dSh W QgfihQDela- 'ti n hip not the several,pa t n tthe momen iot clampingand cutting. V

.Fi '3 is awtopvpla-n yiew of. t ema iin with central parts broken away, and others eliminated'for greater clear-mess.

z-In these vdrawings, the machine has flfifiXGd table plate '15, :Wiliill upwardly extending standards 15 thereon providing .a bearing forthe-shaft -of themeasuring drum 21.

The. standards15 alsoha-ve abearingfor the cutting shaft 22. Brackets 23v carry a fixed lrnite 24. Further brackets115 support the --shaftx6.0 for .a plurality: of guide rollers '61 s tor thenpper conveyor tape 62.

Arms 25 rigidly supportedion theistandards 15 are provided With pivots 26;to pivotally support a swingingplate 27 which extends vfor thefull Width of the Weband has san-anf gularly bent bottom edge 28. This plate is stiffened atits lowertendsby an angle iron 29 rivetedthereto. Atnthe lower edge of the plate and angle iron is a roller bracket to support the roller32. ,Mounted on the shaft 22 is. aplateQEZtto Which is clamped a cam member A3 having a raised vperipheral humpWt l. ;W1hena;low portionof the cam is "opposite-the roller 32, the plate-$27 is pulled in a clockwise direction by-the coil spring 46 secured to -the b racket l5 until this plate .is arrested by the adjustable stop member 47.

Whenth raised portion or hump 4.4 of the cam operates upon the. roller 32, the plate 27 is rocked in a clockwise direction and its lower: angle is wrought again a sta i na y pad 85, for example of-rubbea-whe eby th fa ic passing over the measu ing v 1 le 2 is clamp d agains f rt e movem n a t poin A gu e p at 36 car i t e W f ard f-rornthe periphery of the measuring drum 21,; and forms :in I conjunction I with the swinging pl 2 a V-shape pocket n w c themateri l accum a e u ing t t th the web is-held stationary by the clamp 28,35.

The pad and guide plate 36 are supported on a further bracket 33 of the transverse strut ,2 o hema h f a e, which supp t h ationary knife P pe The r o v ng 22 l ewis pp-O the revolvingknite 41 which is of helical {term and is held-in position by the clamping -bolts 1L2. It may be. pointedoutas a specific i istance, that the angular displacement about th utt ngshat pf th two .end ft h cal cuttng edge of the revolving knife, with respect to eachother, is about five-eighths of an inch for a knife length of fifty inches. The hump 44 on the cam 43 is therefore designed to have a dwell of slightly greater than five-eighths of an inch in peripheral distance, so that the clamping is maintained for the whole interval that the knives are operating upon the web. It is preferred to provide a lower guide 37 supported on bracket 33 to carry the edge of the material to a point beyond the cutting edge of the stationary knife 24. v I

As the web of material is advanced past the clamp 28, 35 while the elements of the latter are open, and past the edgeof the stationary knife 24, it comes down upon the upper flight 'of conveyor tapes 38 which pass over the guide rollers 39 of a shaft 39. The upper flight of the tapes 38 is moving continuously toward the left in the figures, so that the adso that the material of the webis clamped between the two lines of tape and is positively fed forward for some ultimate use. p A transverse rock'shaft is journaled in the side standards 15 of the machine frame, and projects at the near side thereof in Fig. 1, and receives a rock arm 71 which carries the roller 7 2opposite a cam 73 fixed to aLdisk 74 keyed to the shaft 22. A downwardly extending arm 7 5 of the rock lever 71 engages a return spring 7 6 which continuously tends to rock the shaft 70 in a clockwise direction. Just inside the end frame 15 of the machine, the rock shaft 70 carries the clamping arms 77 which support the transverse clamping bar 78, in which are mounted a plurality of pins 79 at fixed intervals, so that the pins are substantially intermediate the positions of the several tapes 38, 62.

A stationarytransverse bar 80 is carried by the side brackets 81, and itself supports a plurality of stationary pins 82 which are arranged opposite the movable pins 79 so as to cooperate therewith for clamping the web and sheet of fabric. The tops or points of the 'ments iszshown in Fig; 3 to comprise meansfor driving the measuring drum 21, such as the gear fixed to the shaft 20. The shaft 20 likewise has fixed thereto a sprocket wheel 51 for a chain 52 cooperating with a sprocket wheel 50 on the cutting shaft 22; the knife therefore moves in synchronism with the movement of the measuring drum 21. The

shaft 22 likewise supports a sprocket'54 for a chain 53 which serves to drive a sprocket on the shaft 60 of the upper conveyor tapes 22. Suitable means, including the pulley 101 for example on the shaft 60, are employed to 7 drive the shaft 39* for the guide roller 39 of the roller tapes 38. It will be noted that as the guiding roll102 (Fig. 1), is caused to advance at the same peripheralspeed as the measuring drum 21 itself. The web of fabric thus passes over the guide members 36, 37 and the cutting edge of the stationaryknife 24 into contact with the upper or rapidly moving flight of'the tapes 38, and is thus brought between the tapes 38 and the tapes 62, these tapes thereafter advancing the forwardedge of the blank. The relative speedsof' the measuring drum 21 and of the knife shaft 22' are so proportioned that the moving knife 41 is brought into cutting relationship with the fixed knife 24 from time to time, and the blanks are severed from the web. I It is preferred to provide the drive through the sprocket 54 and chain 53 such that the tapes 38 and 62 move at a slightly greater speed than the peripheral speed of the measuring 7 drum 21, so that in effect the, cut blanksare spaced slightly apart as they move along between the tapes 38 and 62. r

Just prior to the'in'stant when the moving knife encounters the fixed knife 24 for severo 'ing a blank from the continuously advancing web, the cams 44 and 73 are respectively; brought into engagement with their rollers vancement with respect to the portion beneath the point of engagement, while permit- 7, ting the remaining portion of the webto col- 'lect in the space between the swinging plate 27 the guide plate 26 and the periphery of I the measuring drum 21 itself; while the arms 77 cause the movablepin 79 to bear down uponthe'portion of the web lying therebeneath, thus depressing the parts of this web lying between the lines of tape 38 intocontact with the stationary'pins 82, so that the fabric is also clamped against being drawn forward by the engagement with tapes 38 and 62. This clamping is continued for the period during which the moving knife41 is operating to severtheblank. Shortly after this action has ceased, the cams 44, 73 release their respective rollers32, 72, and the swingmg plate 27 is retracted by its spring 47 and the arms 77 are retracted by the springs 13o collected adjacent the swinging plate 27 is released, and the front edge of the web passes downward over the edge of the fixed knife 24, the web being guided by the plate 37, and

with the further advancement of the measuring drum 21, the front edge of the fabric is brought into contact with the upper flight of tapes 38 and is carried toward the left in Fig;

' 2 until the moving knife 41 is again nearly in a position to sever the forthcoming blank.

It is apparent that the invention is not limited solely to v the form of execution ways in thearts withoutdeparting from the shown, but that it may be employed in many scope of the appended claims. What I claim as new and desire to secure by Leters Patent is: t

' 1. In aclamping and'cutting mechanism for severing sheets from a web, a continuouslyjmoving feeding device, an intermittently operating cutting device, and a clamping means to clamp the web against advancement at a point between the feeding device and the cutting device, a clamping means to clamp the web against advancement at a point beyond the cutting device, and means operated synchronously with the continuously moving feeding device to actuate said clamping means during the operation of'said cutting device. I

.2. In a clampingand cutting mechanism 7 for severing sheets from a web, a continuously operating feeding device, an intermittently operating cutting device, a continuously operating delivery device to engage the web fixed and moving pins located between said I and blank after it has passed the cutting device, means to retain said web against advancement at the line of cut, and means operated synchronously with said feeding and delivery devices to actuate said retaining means during the operation of said cutting device.

3. In a clamping and cutting mechanism for severing sheets from a web, an intermittently operating cutting device, a continuously operating delivery device to advance the web or sheet after passing said cutting device, clamping means located to operate upon said web after leaving said cutting device, and means controlled with said inter- 5. In a clamping and cutting mechanism for severing sheets from a web, a continuously rotating cutter shaft, an intermittently operating cutter on saidshaft, a cooperating cutter blade, a plurality of delivery whereby to clamp the web against movement while the cutter is operating.

6. In a clamping and cutting mechanism for severing sheets from a web, a continuous- 1y operated feeding device, a continuously rotating cutting shaft, a cutting blade on said shaft, a cooperating fixed cutter blade, a continuously operated delivery device to advance the web and sheet after passing said cutter and blade, clamping means to clamp the web between said feeding device and said cutter and blade, clamping means to clamp said web after passing said cutter and blade, cams mounted on said cutting shaft, and means cooperating with said cams to actuate said clamping means during the operation of said cutter and blade.

I In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature. HERBERT W. ORNDOFF.

mittent cutting device to actuate said clamp- 5 ing means during the cutting. t 4. Ina clampingand cutting mechanism for severing sheets from a web, an intermittently operating cutting device, a continuously operated delivery device to advance the web and and sheet after passing the said cutting device and including a plurality of spaced tapes, clamping means including tapes, and means operated with said cutting device toactuate said clamping fingers during the cutting. 

